“I think we all had a fantastic week, it was about connection to the players, it was obviously the first time I’ve been here with a lot of the players for a long time,” said Arnold.

“The whole purpose of the camp was not to have a game after a World Cup, the mental and physical stress of the World Cup takes it out of the players individually, and at club land it’s quite sufficient too.

“So It was more about getting the players into camp, getting to know them, them getting to know us, introducing new staff to the players and vice versa, and overall I think we ticked every box.